# 115 People Get Sick Aboard Cruise Ship in Norovirus Outbreak: CDC

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Podcast: [Facts Matter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545)
Published: 2026-05-13T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Just as the hantavirus situation was resolved aboard the MV Hondius, another cruise liner was hit with a massive viral outbreak. The silver lining here, though, is that the virus in question isn’t as bad as hantavirus, which has a mortality rate of 30–50 percent. The new ship, according to the CDC, had an outbreak of the norovirus, with 115 people falling ill already. Let’s go through the details.

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